Demetre Park, Charleston

#101 among attractions in Charleston

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Melton Peter Demetre Park is a municipal park in Charleston, South Carolina. Some locals still refer to it by the nickname "Sunrise Park", the park was officially dedicated and named Melton Peter Demetre Park in 2007 after its owner, who donated the land to the City Of Charleston for use as a park. ()

Created: 2000Elevation: 10 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 32°45'13"N, 79°54'58"W

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640 Wampler DrJames IslandCharleston 29412 United States

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Demetre Park – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Statue of William Moultrie, Confederate Defenders of Charleston, White Point Garden, The Battery.

1.3 miNW
Monuments and statues
Statue of William Moultrie, Charleston
35 min walk • The William Moultrie statue is a monumental statue in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. Located in White Point Garden, the statue was unveiled in 2007 and honors William Moultrie, a general in the American Revolutionary War.
1.3 miNW
Monuments and statues
Confederate Defenders of Charleston, Charleston
35 min walk • Confederate Defenders of Charleston is a monument in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. The monument honors Confederate soldiers from Charleston, most notably those who served at Fort Sumter during the American Civil War.
1.4 miNW
Park
White Point Garden, Charleston
36 min walk • White Point Garden is a 5.7 acre public park located in peninsular Charleston, South Carolina, at the tip of the peninsula. It is the southern terminus for the Battery, a defensive seawall and promenade.
1.3 miNW
Park, View point, Historical place
The Battery, Charleston
34 min walk • The Battery is a landmark defensive seawall and promenade in Charleston, South Carolina. Named for a civil-war coastal defense artillery battery at the site, it stretches along the lower shores of the Charleston peninsula, bordered by the Ashley and Cooper Rivers, which meet here to form Charleston harbor.
1.4 miNW
Monuments and statues
The Defenders of Fort Moultrie, Charleston
35 min walk • The Defenders of Fort Moultrie, also commonly known as the Jasper Monument, is a monument in Charleston, South Carolina, United States.
1.2 miNE
Lighthouse
Fort Ripley Shoal Light, Charleston
31 min walk • The Fort Ripley Shoal Light or Middle Ground Light was a lighthouse in the Charleston, South Carolina harbor approaches.
1.5 miNW
Georgian architecture
William Gibbes House, Charleston
40 min walk • The William Gibbes House is a historic house at 64 South Battery in Charleston, South Carolina. Built about 1772, it is one of the nation's finest examples of classical Georgian architecture. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1970.